NGC 1760, aka the Angry Bee, in HaOiiiSiiRGB

[RickS]

A complex of emission nebulae and the second-largest star forming region in the LMC.

Captured at Yass 11 Sep - 21 Dec, 2017 (Martin Pugh's obsy)

Scope: Astro-Physics RH305 @ f/3.8 = 1119mm FL
Mount: Paramount ME II
Camera: SBIG STXL-16200M
Filters: Astrodon
Image scale: 1.106 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 3x600s + 12x1200s R, 3x600s + 12x1200s G, 8x600s + 8x1200s B, 20x1800s Ha, 21x1800s Oiii, 18x1800s Sii (42.5 hours)
Processing: PixInsight 1.8.5

Placidus/Mike & Trish dubbed it the Angry Bee. In this colour palette with my trademark heavy saturation it looks positively apoplectic :D

Bigger version on Astrobin (updated): https://www.astrobin.com/full/327632/B/

Hope you like it, or at least that it provokes a reaction ;)

Cheers,
Rick.

[Stevec35]

Nice one Rick. You ought to try the NGC 1935 area. To me that looks like an angler fish.

Cheers

Steve

[RickS]

Thanks, Steve. I'll track down your image of NGC 1935 and check it out!

[Peter Ward]

The saturation is, well, Las Vegas neon....but hey...if you got it flaunt it.

A really fine image...as you’d expect from such a great optic/mount/camera plus location.

Nice one :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Nice work Rick, it is an amazing neb that one, I'm tinking it may be a touch orange?..but meah, still looks good mate :thumbsup: I wanna shoot it one day too :)...42.5hrs :eyepop:..how much did that cost..?

Mike

[Placidus]

Superb depth there Rick. Capturing the SII has added much. Excellent result.

[RickS]

Thanks, Peter!



Ta Mike. The magenta/orange dichotomy is always a difficult one for me. I like to vacillate between the two :lol:

Martin is offering quite reasonable pricing for subscriptions. Some of my SRO colleagues are interested in his site for a shared Southern scope so this gives us an inexpensive way to try it out and get a feel for the weather and seeing. It's working out pretty well so far.



Thanks very much M&T! I was greatly impressed with your NB rendition of this puppy :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Ah colour, overrated... we should only see in B&W...oh and IR too :P



Great stuff, hope it works out well...so, how many scopes World wide will you have your fingers into then..? Be like your own optical SKA :eyepop: :lol:

Mike

[Fabiomax]

this is an exceptional job! so many hours means a huge job waiting for the nights and having to handle a huge amount of files. Wonderful!
Cheers,
Fabiomax

[RickS]

Mike, my main remote scope is still our shared C300 at SRO, but I also get data from three scopes at Deep Sky West (Rokinon 135mm f/2, RCOS 14.5" and TEC 160) and, of course, Martin's RH305. I have a *lot* of data waiting to be processed :lol:



Thanks, Fabiomax!

[peter_4059]

Beaut image Rick. Really like the composition and colours.

[Camelopardalis]

Nice one Rick, there’s a lot of dynamic range in there and love the open cluster in the centre...surrounded by the fierce glow of the gas clouds :thumbsup:

[SimmoW]

Well, looks like the dark site of Martin's is a keeper! Nice pic too, yes a teensy bit too much sat but its a great look

[RickS]

Thanks, Peter!



Ta, Dunk.



Thanks, Simo. To misquote Roy & HG: too much saturation is barely enough :lol:

[ozstronomer]

Great image Rick, interesting object and you have captured some amazing structure :thumbsup:

Geoff

[RickS]

Thanks, Geoff!

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Rick.
So sharp and detailed.
Love the colours!

Ross.

[Andy01]

Aaaaaghh my eyes! :eyepop:
Lol - very punchy image Rick - there are some dark circles around the blue stars though?
Well composed and great detail in the O3 regions :thumbsup:

[beren]

:thumbsup: Very nice Rick.......mind boggling exposure times , wish I could concentrate on one subject like that, I'm like a seagull, image as many objects as I can in one night

[Paul Haese]

I really like the sharpness of your rendering Rick. Maybe just a little too much saturation for my tastes, but that is a pretty minor consideration. The palette is really nice; I think as a result I might actually go back and revisit my edition of this very same target I did last year.

[RickS]

Thanks, Ross.



Ta, Andy. I noticed the dark circles and hadn't decided whether to try to fix them yet. Perhaps I'll even tone down the colour just a tad as well :question:



Thanks, beren. I've been there too :) It's a lot easier to concentrate on a few objects once you have access to any automated system.



Thanks, Paul. Look forward to yours...

[RickS]

A few tweaks... more magenta for Mikey, improved the stars a little for Andy (not perfect, but better), coloured the electric blue areas with a little more subtlety, etc. It's still very saturated :P

https://www.astrobin.com/full/327632/B/

Cheers,
Rick.

[strongmanmike]

Oh come'ON!!! that's too magenta Rick! needs a bit more orange :shrug:

:lol:.....sorry :P

Luv ya work :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickS]

:rofl:

I'll add a slider next time, Mike, and you can dial in exactly as much as you want :lol:

[strongmanmike]

Now wouldn't that be good :question:..what a great idea :D, every time you post an image you give the viewer the ability to slide the colours to what ever they like, brilliant :clap:...heck why not just supply the processed LRGBHaOIIISII sets and say "here! make it so you like it buddy!" :rolleyes:

:lol:

[RickS]

I'm going to rush out and patent the idea of attaching ICC Colour profiles to people :P